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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEVER FOR CHANGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,203,215
Total expenses
$8,972,138
Contributions and grants received
$8,558,253
Grants paid
$175,000
Program service revenue
$3,583,863
Investment income
$60,699
Other revenue
$400
Total assets, end of year
$13,824,636
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,786,405
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,038,231
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,312,583
Management and general expenses
$1,364,012
Fundraising expenses
$295,543
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,312,583

Program services were 81.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,558,253

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMPETITION

    total $3,583,863 · related or exempt $3,583,863

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,699 · excluded $60,699

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: miscellaneous income

    total $400 · excluded $400

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $125,000 · program services $125,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $94,808 · management and general $94,808

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,500 · management and general $16,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,882,579 · program services $6,508,402 · management and general $1,084,988 · fundraising $289,189

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,395 · program services $635 · management and general $3,760

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $45,623 · management and general $45,623

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $178,376 · program services $151,334 · management and general $20,688 · fundraising $6,354

  • 17 · Travel

    total $331,071 · program services $292,340 · management and general $38,731

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $182,228 · program services $165,853 · management and general $16,375

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,489 · management and general $6,489

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,050 · management and general $36,050

  • 24a · Other expenses: Membership Dues

    total $19,019 · program services $19,019

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,518,480 · end of year $11,036,606

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $2,307,253

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $195,909 · end of year $47,914

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $161,638 · end of year $193,031

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,489 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $239,832

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $212,096 · end of year $271,830

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $836,178 · end of year $2,287,890

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $27,088 · end of year $226,685

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,807,154 · end of year $8,332,382

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $2,705,849

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OUR MISSION IS TO UNLOCK SIGNIFICANT PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL AND ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST CHALLENGES, BY HELPING PHILANTHROPISTS AND PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS SOURCE VETTED, HIGH-IMPACT PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTING NONPROFITS AND PROBLEM SOLVERS TO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO UNLOCK SIGNIFICANT PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL AND ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES. LEVER FOR CHANGE HELPS PHILANTHROPISTS SOURCE VETTED, HIGH-IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES IN TWO WAYS: BY DESIGNING AND MANAGING CUSTOMIZED COMPETITIONS AND BY MATCHING THEM WITH THE TOP VETTED PROPOSALS FROM ALL OF ITS COMPETITIONS IN THE BOLD SOLUTIONS NETWORK, A SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASE.

  • COMPETITION MANAGEMENT - THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPS AND MANAGES CUSTOMIZED COMPETITIONS FOR PHILANTHROPISTS AND PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTIONS AND MATCHES DONORS WITH THE TOP VETTED PROPOSALS FROM SUCH COMPETITIONS IN A SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASE OF SOLUTIONS KNOWN AS THE BOLD SOLUTIONS NETWORK.

    Expenses $7,312,583 · Grants $175,000 · Revenue $3,583,863

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CECILIA CONRAD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $518,888
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $518,888
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $463,101 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $55,787 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $518,888 related

  • JAMES MANYIKA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIA STASCH

    DIRECTOR / BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LYNN TALIENTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • REID HOFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILY FRIEDMAN

    SECRETARY (THROUGH 12/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $259,140
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $259,140
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $256,900 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,240 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $259,140 related

  • KRISTEN MOLYNEAUX

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $246,807
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $246,807
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $244,067 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $2,740 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $246,807 related

  • TRISHA POMERENK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $209,445
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $209,445
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $203,300 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $6,145 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $209,445 related

  • JOSHUA MINTZ

    FORMER SECRETARY (THROUGH 6/16/23)

    Total calculated
    $733,710
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $733,710
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $615,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $118,010 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $733,710 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc

    $25,000

    In support of the partnering to Increase Awareness on Disability Inclusive Health

  • Gallaudet University

    $25,000

    In support of the Ensuring Deaf Children's Early Access to Sign Language

  • IGNITE

    $25,000

    In support of Powering Up Voter Mobilization and Amplifying Gen Z Voices

  • Power For All

    $25,000

    RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPORT of a Localized Program for Training, Internships, and Green Jobs in the Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) Sector

  • Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc

    $25,000

    In support of the Refugee Access to Labor Pathways & Economic Inclusion

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202513169349306366

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